Jeremy White

There is a better than likely chance that thunderstorms inundating the Cape Canaveral area could force NASA technicians to push back the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis -- NASA's final launch for the shuttle program.

Here are some options for Friday's historic last launch and flight for the U.S. Space Shuttle program.

With the final U.S. space shuttle mission set to blast off on Friday, Russian vehicles will be the only option for American astronauts.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., highlights her small-town credibility and her big time fiscal conservatism in the first official television advertisement of her presidential campaign.

In their campaign rhetoric and their policy arguments, public officials have a tendency to tailor the facts to a certain viewpoint. But who is the worst offender?

The military must immediately halt its Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy of dismissing openly gay service members, a three-judge panel 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled on Wednesday.

President Barack Obama has shifted his strategy in debt talks with Republicans, offering a substantially larger deficit reduction package that would include cuts to Medicare and Social Security in exchange for eliminating tax breaks.

Judge Belvin Perry sentenced Casey Anthony to four years in jail and a fine of $4,000 for lying to law enforcement officials on Thursday morning.

The head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said he did not know about Operation Fast and Furious, a weapons tracking program that intentionally allowed drug cartels in Mexico to obtain firearms.

Car makers are hiring more workers and growing faster than the rest of the U.S. economy, outpacing industries that include health care and airplane manufacturing

A towering plant known as the Giant Hogweed that can cause blindness, skin irritation, and permanent scarring is proliferating in New York state, prompting a warning from the state's Department of Environmental Conservation.

Congressional Republicans lambasted President Barack Obama for his decision to try a Somali man accused of supporting terrorist groups in civilian court, thus affording him the legal protections of U.S. citizens.

In 1977, Harvey Milk made history when he became the first openly gay man elected to public office. In a few years, California school children could be studying and learning about his life and accomplishments.

A U.S. Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 during a shooting spree at the military base in Fort Hood, Texas will be tried before a military court and could face the death penalty if convicted.

Phoenix residents awoke Wednesday morning to a city layered with thick brown dust and widespread power failures after a massive wall of dust swept through the city on Tuesday night.

After inviting Congressional leaders to a Thursday meeting at the White House, President Barack Obama heralded the progress Democrats and Republicans had made towards achieving a deal to raise the debt ceiling.

In a reversal, the Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it would begin to send condolence letters to families of soldiers who died by suicide.

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney raked in $18.25 million in the second quarter of 2011, flexing the financial muscle that has bolstered his status as the de facto frontrunner.

The tide of illegal immigration from Mexico to the U.S. is receding, as many Mexicans choose to pursue careers in their home country, whose economy has improved substantially in the past five years.

A Somali terror suspect captured and interrogated by the U.S. military in the Gulf of Aden will face a federal indictment in New York, placing the man at the center of an ongoing debate about how and where to try terror suspects.

Beneath the vote backing President Barack Obama's candidacy lies a deep discomfort with his education policies to-date.

Education officials in Atlanta promised swift action on Tuesday after an investigation uncovered systematic cheating by Atlanta teachers.

New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory is set to reopen on Wednesday, after firefighters successfully tamed a blaze that threatened to engulf stocks of nuclear materials and waste stored at the renowned research facility.

A new Gallup Poll indicates that a majority of Jewish-Americans continue to approve of President Barack Obama.

Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale and former Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson will announce a newly formed committee to resolve the state's budget crisis at a news conference Tuesday.

Happy Birthday, USA! With all due respect to France and Classical Greece, the world's longest-running democracy turns 235 Monday: here are some of the things that America got right.

New York state appears likely to lift its ban on extracting natural gas through hydrofracking, even as officials express concern they are being misled regarding the energy extraction method's risks.

Congressional lawmakers looking for ways to reduce spending could look to the tax code, economists say.

Incredulous New Jersey citizens have been contacting the police with reports of a baboon wandering around Garden State highways.